About the position
A Registered Nurse (RN) coordinates and provides comprehensive care to patients across various healthcare settings. RNs manage care plans, administer medications, and perform assessments. They collaborate with healthcare teams, including physicians, LPNs, CNAs, and other specialists, to ensure optimal patient care. RNs may also take a leadership role in overseeing the work of LPNs and CNAs, advocating for patient safety and health outcomes. Their responsibilities often include education, counseling, and ensuring patients and families understand treatment plans.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining accurate, complete health care records and reports
- Administering medications to patients and monitoring them for side effects and reactions
- Prescribing assistive medical devices and related treatments
- Recording patient vital signs and medical information
- Ordering medical diagnostic and clinical tests
- Monitoring, reporting, and recording symptoms or changes in patient conditions
- Administering non-intravenous medications
- Assessing, implementing, planning, or evaluating patient nursing care plans by working with healthcare team members
- Modifying patient health treatment plans as indicated by patient conditions and responses
Requirements
- RN state licensed
- Bachelor's or Associate's degree in Nursing
- CPR and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified
